Girls top KCSE results as fewer students qualify to join universities

By BD REPORTER

What you need to know:

The top 2017 KCSE candidate is Karimi Naomi of Pangani Girls, who got a mean of 87.011. Sharon Chepchumba from Moi Girls took second position, with Kamau Brian Maina from Alliance Boys in third position.
The Kenya National Examinations Council has withheld results for 10 schools pending investigations and candidates to know their fate on January 18.
To access the exams results, one can send an SMS with candidates index number to 22252.

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has released the 2017 Form Four exam results.

Here are the highlights of the report released on Wednesday at the Nairobi School:

Overall, there was a decline in number of students who qualified to join universities, with boys performing better than girls.
In six subjects, female candidates performed way better than male candidates. Girls' schools also performed well.
Dr Matiang'i said Alliance girls and the Kenya High School performed very well. Pangani Girls school, however, is the most improved school this year.

Number of A's up

The number of As increased to 142 from 141 in 2016. A - (minuses) reduced to 2,714 from 4,645 in 2016.
The top 2017 KCSE candidate is Karimi Naomi of Pangani Girls, who got a mean of 87.011. Sharon Chepchumba from Moi Girls took second position, with Kamau Brian Maina from Alliance Boys in third position.
The Kenya National Examinations Council has withheld results for 10 schools pending investigations, whose candidates will know their fate on January 18.
To access the exams results, one can send an SMS with candidates index number to 22252.

Uhuru briefing

Earlier, Dr Matiang’i and his team briefed President Uhuru Kenyatta on the results.

President Kenyatta directed Dr Matiang’i and Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) Chairman George Magoha to institutionalise education reforms so that the gains made in the last few years are maintained.

Mr Kenyatta also asked the Teachers Service Commission to reward principals, schools and subject teachers who excelled to encourage high performance.

But similarly, President Kenyatta said teachers caught cheating should be punished severely to serve as an example to others.

He also directed Dr Matiang'i to work with Attorney-General Githu Muigai to make presentations to the Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko so that past cases of cheating involving more than 700 teachers countrywide are expedited.